• The basis of the museum's collection- these are handicrafts, ceramics and porcelain, toys, household items and traditional clothing different nations Russia.
• Stored here the biggest collection of ceramic works by the great artist Mikhail Vrubel.
• Of interest four halls of Soviet porcelain, which contain best works era.
• The museum is located in an old noble mansion on the Garden Ring not far from the Obraztsov Puppet Theater.
• The museum building is over 250 years old. Its first owners were the Streshnev boyars.
• Descriptions of the exhibits and excursions are available in Russian and English.

Although this is one of the youngest museums in Moscow, it is rightfully included in the top list of cultural museums in Russia. Its funds contain about 200 thousand exhibits - handicrafts, collections of ceramics and porcelain, toys, interior items, household items and traditional clothing of the peoples inhabiting the territory of Russia. It is here, for example, that the largest collection of ceramic works by the great Russian artist Mikhail Vrubel is kept. And in the museum’s workshop you can try to create your own masterpiece.

The museum is located in an old noble mansion on the Garden Ring not far from the Obraztsov Puppet Theater. Nearby are: , Museum musical culture them. Glinka, houses and estates of old Moscow.

History of the museum

When creating the museum, the exhibition was based on the Museum’s collections folk art beginning of the twentieth century The first name of the predecessor museum sounded somewhat strange - “Handicraft Museum”. In 1885, merchant-philanthropist Sergei Morozov opened a museum in Moscow, which exhibited objects of peasant creativity, ranging from handicraft embroideries to works by the best Palekh, Fedoskino and Kholmogory masters. In Soviet times, interest in folk crafts returned again - even a special Research Institute was created art industry to study them. In 1981, the institute’s collections were transferred to the Osterman estate building on Delegatskaya Street, where a new public museum was opened. The largest collections of household items, ceramics, fabrics, dishes, and utensils took their place under its roof. In addition, priceless private collections were received here, such as the collection of artistic metal by G. Kubryakov, textiles by N. Shabelskaya, and the porcelain collections of L. Utesov, M. Mironova and A. Menaker.

Architectural ensemble

The museum building is over 250 years old. Its first owners were the Streshnev boyars, whose descendants transferred the estate to their distant relative- Count Ivan Osterman. In the 19th century the house was restored and expanded. IN Soviet times the building was nationalized and served as the seat of government Soviet Russia. In the early 1950s, another, already three-story building was added to the building. The interiors of Osterman's house have survived to this day only partially. Finally, in 1981, the estate was transferred to the All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Arts. Its huge territory - 2.0719 hectares - allows for the implementation of the most ambitious cultural events.

In front of the southern facade, guests are greeted by the front yard, where carriages once drove up. Two long wings stretch from the main house - this is the historical part of the estate, built under I. Osterman. They are connected to the house by semicircular galleries.

Museum Treasures

The main exhibition is dedicated to Russian folk art. It is deployed in four halls on the second floor. Here you can see objects from the 17th – 20th centuries, which were created by the skilled hands of Russian craftsmen: ceramic jugs and pots, wooden brackets, spoons, spinning wheels, tables and cabinets.

Located in the center collection of folk women's suits , for each of which it is possible to determine in which province its owner lived. Casual and festive girls' outfits are presented. All objects, from platbands and pediments of village houses to spoons and stands, are lavishly decorated with paintings, embroidery or carvings. The influence of the East is felt in the motifs of Russian art: fairy-tale unicorns, lions, Sirin birds and other fairy-tale characters.

Each element of the costume or architectural detail protected the owners from the evil eye and damage. Wedding clothes, golden monastery embroidery and lace amaze with their beauty. The exhibition is full of discoveries: visitors will learn what a ruble and a chop are, how many shapes Russian kokoshniks have, what types of spinning wheels there are, and much more.

The last room presents Russian folk toys: Dymkovskaya, Abashevskaya, Bogorodskaya, Arkhangelskaya. You can look at them endlessly; they tell better than any words about Russian life and the holiday. Very interesting also museum collection carved bone, which represents the main bone-carving industries: Kholmogory, Chukotka, Yakutia, etc.

At four halls of Soviet porcelain the best works of the era are collected. Many of them were donated famous artists– pop legend singer Leonid Utesov and the Mironov-Menaker family of artists, who collected Soviet propaganda porcelain all their lives. Here, for example, there is a huge dish “Celebration of May 1st”, a plate with the inscription “Who does not work, does not eat” with Lenin’s profile, an amazing panel “Discussion of the Stalinist constitution in a village”.

Four more rooms on the ground floor are occupied by permanent exhibitions "Lucky Russia", opened in 2013 and dedicated mainly to products. The works of masters from the 20s to the 80s are presented here. XX century — Vladimir Krylov, Aristarkh Dadykin, Ivan Bakanov and others. Iconographic traditions in fine arts are revealed using the example of the works “Izba-Reading Room”, “274 Days on the Ice Floe”, “Salute to the Motherland” and others. In the display cases there are boxes, snuff boxes, stationery sets, glasses, and boxes. Icons painted by the masters of Kholuy and Mstera are also presented here.

The museum has an extensive collection of furniture from the 18th–19th centuries, artistic bronze and glass, ceramics, and metal. A unique vase from the Ovchinnikov company, made using cloisonné enamel technique, engraved cups from Elizabethan and Catherine times, items from the “Cabinet” service Imperial plant and Order services from the Gardner factory, a series of porcelain sculptures “Peoples of Russia” - this is not a complete list of genuine masterpieces. Of greatest interest to visitors is collection of ceramic works by Mikhail Vrubel, created by him in the workshops of the Abramtsevo estate. There is no such extensive collection even in. Here famous sculptures– illustrations for Russian fairy tales and a stunning fireplace, entirely made of glazed tiles.

The museum presents early 20th century furniture collection., created according to sketches by Sergei Malyutin, Alexander Golovin, Sergei Konenkov and other Art Nouveau masters. Presented, for example, is the famous chair called “Arc, ax and mittens” by V. Shutov with a carved inscription on the arched back: “The slower you go, the further you will go,” as well as pieces of furniture in national style, made in late XIX V. in the Abramtsevo workshop of the Mamontovs.

All-Russia Museum of Decorative Applied and Folk Art

The museum was founded in 1981 and is located in the city estate of Counts Osterman-Tolstoy. The architectural complex developed in the 17th-19th centuries. The collection is based on materials donated by enterprises of the art industry and folk arts and crafts.

Relics

Collection of artistic fabrics N.L. Shabelskaya; collections of artistic varnishes, samovars, bone carvings.

Collection

The museum's collection covers the period from the 16th century. until the 1990s and includes over 107 thousand fixed asset storage units. These include folk art products Russia XVII-XX centuries: wood carving and painting, wooden and clay toys, Gzhel porcelain, trays from Zhostovo and the Urals, lacquer miniature, samovars, Kasli casting, bone and stone products, lace, weaving; artistic porcelain; art metal; Russian folk toy; Russian embroidery and fabrics; hats. Works of decorative applied arts peoples of Russia: Yakut and Chukchi bone carvings; Tuvan stone carving; Mordovian, Mari, Chuvash embroidery; jewelry from Buryatia and Dagestan. Works contemporary artists decorative, applied and folk art. Personal funds of folk art researchers (B.S. Voronova, V.M. Vasilenko, I.A. Kryukova, etc.). Scientific library, including many rare publications.

Exposition

"History of Russian arts and crafts and folk art" art XVII-XX centuries.” Halls of personal meetings (collections of Russian porcelain by M. Mironova and A. Menaker, samovars by G.A. Kubryakov).

Excursions

There are sightseeing and thematic excursions dedicated to the history of Russian decorative arts, folk arts and crafts. The museum hosts children's festivals folk art“Masters”, meetings of the “Art Critics Club”.

Address:

st. Delegatskaya, 3. Tel.: 921-01-39, 923-77-25, 923-17-41. Opening hours: daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday from 12:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., except the last Thursday of the month. Closed on Friday.
Directions: M. “Sukharevskaya”, “Mayakovskaya”, trolley. 10, "B", to the stop. "Puppet Theater of Sergei Obraztsov."

Located in a complex of buildings that are an architectural monument late XVIII century, the All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art opened its doors in July 1981. The building occupied by the museum has a rich history and is popularly called the “Osterman House”.

Initially, the estate belonged to a family of nobles, and later passed by inheritance into the use of Count Osterman, by whose decree the building was rebuilt into his modern look. After a fire in 1812, the estate was badly damaged and was restored only in 1834, when it was occupied by the Moscow Theological Seminary. Major changes regarding the building's design occurred between 1840 and 1855. During this period, the estate expanded noticeably and even received a two-story extension designed by P.E. Baeva.

After the Great Patriotic War, the building of the current museum was occupied for a long time by the Presidium and the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR. In addition, visiting delegates more than once stayed on the territory of the estate, hence the name of the street. The building of the Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art has been visited more than once by famous personalities.

Since 1981, the estate building has been occupied by the All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art. Its exhibition is presented in several separate rooms, each of which is dedicated to its own type of decorative and applied art. Thus, the museum’s holdings include items made of stone, glass, metal, ceramics, as well as a collection of rare books and miniatures made of bone.

Operating mode:

• Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday - from 10.00 to 18.00;
• Thursday - from 10.00 to 21.00;
• Saturday - from 12.00 to 20.00;
• Tuesday is a day off.

Ticket prices:

• adults - 250 rubles;
• students, pensioners - 130 rubles;
• children under 16 years old are free.

You can find out more details on the official website.

The Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art in Moscow (Museum of the DPI, VMDPNI) is a unique exhibition site where a collection of objects created by masters of folk art is presented, including works famous artists and creations of emerging talents.

Separate rooms are dedicated to Russian folk art; objects of art of the 17th - early 20th centuries; Soviet porcelain; Russian lacquer miniatures, wood and bone products, fabrics, precious metals, ceramics, glass; departments of rare books, fashion and design.

The All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art was founded in 1981. Today, the collection, numbering more than 100 thousand exhibits, occupies the building of the palace complex of the 18th century. In 2017, the Fashion and Design Center opened at the museum.

Panorama of the museum building:

The museum operates as a cultural and educational center, organizes excursions, master classes, and conducts thematic educational events. Exhibition posters are updated frequently, track interesting events can be found on the official website of the All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art.

Exhibitions at the Museum of Decorative and Applied Arts in Moscow

The museum often displays imported exhibitions, including those from museums in other countries, dedicated to national clothes, dishes and traditional items everyday life, as well as modern decor self made. Usually temporary exhibitions are organized on the third floor.

And, of course, permanent exhibitions have been prepared for visitors, located on two floors of the complex.

The exhibition is on display at the first "Russian lacquer miniature", opened in 2014. Several hundred works of lacquer painting are exhibited in four halls.

On the second floor there are the halls “Traditional Folk Art”, “Decorative and Applied Arts” Russia XVIII- first thirds of the XIX century" and "Gallery of Soviet Porcelain".

Museum guests will see unique examples of folk arts and crafts - carved wooden decorations and household items (platbands, front boards, furniture, dishes), national costumes, embroidered with gold, linen and silk lace, clay and wooden toys.

About XVIII culture- XIX centuries tell the works of Russian craftsmen who created decorative items for the royal court. Among them are crystal goblets, porcelain dishes, mahogany furniture, bronze watches, chests, church utensils, vases, miniatures and much more.

A whole room is dedicated to the products of the State Porcelain Factory; the collection of items from the 1920s-1930s is especially noteworthy.

Exposition "Russian style. From historicism to modernity" occupies several halls in the central part of the museum. It traces the development of Russian applied art from the 1830s to the 1900s, exhibits Handicraft Museum, masters of the art circle of Savva Mamontov.

Fashion and Design Center

The center studies the history and evolution of Russian fashion and design, their significance in world culture. Lectures are regularly organized creative meetings and master classes.

Opening hours and prices

The doors of the Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Arts are open every day except Tuesday. On Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday you can visit the exhibition from 10:00 to 18:00; on Thursday - from 10:00 to 21:00, on Saturday - from 12:00 to 20:00. The ticket office closes an hour earlier.

The Fashion and Design Center is open daily from 10:00 to 21:00, on Saturday from 12:00 to 21:00. Tuesday is a day off.

Ticket prices:

• Complex ticket (permanent exhibition + temporary exhibitions + exhibition “Russian style. From historicism to modernism”): adults - 450 rubles, pensioners, students over 16 years old - 250 rubles;
• Entrance ticket (permanent exhibition + temporary exhibitions): adults - 300 rubles, pensioners, students over 16 years old - 150 rubles;
• Entrance ticket to the exhibition “Russian Style. From historicism to modernity": adults - 250 rubles, pensioners, students over 16 years old - 100 rubles;
• Entrance ticket to the exhibition of the Center for Fashion and Design: adults - 250 rubles, pensioners, students over 16 years old - 100 rubles.

Excursions are conducted for organized and group groups, one session is 1.5 hours. Guide services are paid in addition to the entrance ticket.

Cost of services:

• Excursion to the main exposition and exhibitions: group up to 5 people - 1500 rubles / group; group of up to 20 people - 180 rubles per person;
• Tour of the exhibition “Russian Style. From historicism to modernity": group of up to 20 people - 300 rubles per person.

In addition to excursions, the museum offers wide choice subscriptions, museum activities and quests.

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Taking it in your hands, you feel the strength and energy accumulated over centuries.
And if you rub it a little with your fingers or between your palms, you can feel the subtle aroma of an ancient pine forest.
After all, the stone we are talking about is the hardened resin of the oldest coniferous trees of the Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene periods.

Amber, and this is what we will talk about, has been used by man since ancient times. It has been established that amber was known to Upper Paleolithic man: pieces of amber were discovered inside a dwelling of that time in Mezhirichi (Ukraine). On the East Coast Baltic Sea historical centers for the extraction and processing of Neolithic amber are known: the area of ​​the Curonian Spit and Palanga in Lithuania and Sarnate in Western Latvia.
In the form of jewelry, amber was in use and Ancient Rus'. Archaeologists found it in Novgorod, on Ryazan land. According to a number of researchers, amber came as a raw material from the Dnieper region and the Baltic states. Part of the amber that came to Novgorod through trade was used as an ornamental material for the needs of the Novgorod residents themselves, and part was sold to Central Asia and the East.

Amber is the resin of ancient Pinus succinifera (Amber-bearing pine) trees, which today survive only in New Zealand and in national park California.
The classic color of amber is yellow, the stone is transparent or translucent. The color varies from very light yellow to rich yellow, it can be orange-yellow, brown-yellow, honey, brown, black and greenish specimens are also found. White-yellowish opaque amber is also common - this color is given to it by tiny air bubbles trapped in the resin during its formation. Specialist appraisers count about 350 varieties of this stone.

On March 14, an interactive and educational exhibition opened at the All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art -

The exhibition, which runs until December 5th, reveals incredible secrets about the origins, mining, history and beneficial properties mysterious sun stone. A special feature of the exhibition is a complete interactive immersion into the world of an unusual mineral, the history of which goes back more than 75 million years.
A walk through the halls of the exhibition space begins in the ancient forests of the prehistoric era, where solar resin originated. Here you can get acquainted with a unique exhibit, which shows a real dinosaur paw print.
Here you can see stunning beauty and scientific value, insects frozen in stone from the Jurassic period.

The exhibition presents the main milestones in the history of amber: starting from the Paleolithic era, when the world’s first jewelry was made from this stone, then to amber products ancient egypt, Greece, Rome, and masterpieces of the Middle Ages in Europe and China.

In the exhibition you can see completely unique and extraordinary items jewelry art made from amber.

The exhibition opened at the All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art, joint project with the "Amber Museum".

In the interactive part of the exhibition, visitors will have an amazing opportunity to get their own piece of solar stone, aged from 40 to 60 million years, as well as
a fascinating master class from leading masters on processing ancient fossilized resin, with the opportunity to independently process a piece of this magical gift of the sun and time.

For a fascinating story about this amazing stone, its properties and the secrets of working with it Thanks a lot Mikhail Avidenkov.

By the way, he shared with us the secret of how to distinguish natural amber from a fake.
After all, it’s no secret that in our time technical progress counterfeiting is a simple and simple matter.
However, it is necessary to understand the difference between counterfeiting and deep processing of amber using innovative technologies. Conscientious processors do not hide the origin of the stone and the method of its processing (processing), unlike scammers who pass off products from production waste as high-quality natural amber.
There is so-called pressed amber, which is made from 100% natural raw materials, imitation and falsification of amber - from materials with a minimum content of amber raw materials or without it. Imitation of amber made of epoxy resin, which is widespread, is often even injected with some kind of “fossil” insect.
In addition, there are currently many plastics that very well reproduce the basic properties of natural amber.
So, this is how to distinguish natural amber from a fake. It is enough to place it in ultraviolet rays. The sun stone begins to glow from within. I think you guessed which product is a fake.

The discovery for me was the existence of green amber. Treated and polished, it reminded me of Green Gold. A stone that I first encountered in Brazil. Copal has the same nature as amber, but, unlike hardened and fossilized amber, it is a much younger example of tree resin (up to 250 years old). Copal is an immature type of tree resin compared to amber. In Colombia there are large deposits of copal, often sold under the guise of amber - examination has established that the samples there are less than 250 years old - an insignificant age compared to the genuine ancient mineral. If, when purchasing a mineral, you see Colombia as a supplier, you can be sure that it was dug in front of you.

“Time exists all the time... It is unchanging. It cannot be explained or predicted. It simply is. Consider it moment by moment - and you will understand that we are just insects in amber.”
Kurt Vonnegut

A unique exhibition is dedicated to the Year of Stone, taking place in 2018 at the Museum
All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art within the framework of the program “Property of Russia. Traditions for the future."
Be sure to go to the exhibition as a family, with children.
Amazing discoveries are guaranteed.